Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R), Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (C) and Defence Minister Ehud Barak attend a special session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, marking the 30th anniversary of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, in Jerusalem March 30, 2009. Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R), Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (C) and Defence Minister Ehud Barak attend a special session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, marking the 30th anniversary of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, in Jerusalem March 30, 2009.

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  1. New York Knicks' Wilson Chandler (21) shoots over Sacramento Kings' Omri Casspi, (18), of Israel, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in New York.
  2. Alize Cornet of France returns a backhand to Israel's Shahar Peer during their Paris Open tennis tournament match at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  3. Alize Cornet of France reacts during her Paris Open tennis tournament match against Israel's Shahar Peer at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  4. Alize Cornet of France serves to Israel's Shahar Peer during their Paris Open tennis match at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  5. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem in this February 7, 2010 file picture. Netanyahu called for immediate and "crippling" sanctions against Iran on February 9, 2010, as it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel in defiance of international censure.
  6. Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti (2nd L) and Australian Bridgette Chappell, both activists belonging to the International Solidarity Movement, appear in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Israel's Supreme Court ordered the two pro-Palestinian foreign activists released on bail on Monday, saying Israeli immigration officers overstepped their bounds by detaining them in the West Bank.
  7. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attends an Yisrael Beiteinu party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010.
  8. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front) attends a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010.
  9. An Israeli security guard stands next to a truck with gas at the gas depot in the southern city of Ashkelon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Police say an explosive device strapped to a gasoline truck was discovered and defused at the entrance to a major gas depot in southern Israel.
  10. Children attend a class after two non-government organizations from Israel set up a classroom at a camp for earthquake survivors in the Golf Club of Petionville in Port-a-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake.
  11. Children watch at a makeshift classroom, set up by two non-government organizations from Israel, at a camp for earthquake survivors in the Golf Club of the Petionville suburb in Port-a-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after Haiti's Jan. 12 powerful earthquake.
  12. FILE - In this file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2005, a foreign activist is detained by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration at the construction site of Israel's separation barrier in the Palestinian village of Bilin near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Israeli army says its forces entered the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Australia and Spain.
  13. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: An Israeli army outpost stands over route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway. A local road for Palestinian use only is seen on the right.
  14. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: Vehicles drive on route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem as Israel's separation barrier surounds it on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway.
  15. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: An Israeli woman walks to a bus station on route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem as Israel's separation barrier surounds it on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway.
  16. A man stands on a snowy Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border February 7, 2010. The Golan Heights form a strategic plateau between Israel and Syria of about 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles). Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.

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  1. Palestinians boys burn and hit with a shoe a poster of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a demonstration held by Hamas movement, marking the one-year anniversary of Israel's offensive on Gaza, in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Israel launched the three-week long offensive on Dec. 27, 2008, to end years of rocket fire from Gaza toward Israeli border towns. About 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of civilians, along with 13 Israelis.
  2. A Palestinian boy holds up a shoe to a banner depicting (L to R) Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defence Minister Ehud Barak, army Chief Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi and opposition party leader Tzipi Livni during a rally in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip marking the first anniversary of Israel's three-week offensive in Gaza, December 27, 2009. One year after Israel struck at the Gaza Strip, the Islamist Hamas group which rules the enclave remains defiant and in full control, rebuilding its strength and shrugging off criticism from Palestinian opponents.
  3. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C) appears in Jerusalem District Court December 21, 2009. Olmert on Monday denied allegations over corruption scandals that forced him to resign last year.
  4. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, center, arrives for his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Olmert is pleading not guilty to charges of illegally accepting funds from an American supporter and double-billing Jewish groups for trips abroad.
  5. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, center, is seen inside a courtroom during his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Olmert is pleading not guilty to charges of illegally accepting funds from an American supporter and double-billing Jewish groups for trips abroad.
  6. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, second right, stands inside a courtroom during his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Olmert is pleading not guilty to charges of illegally accepting funds from an American supporter and double-billing Jewish groups for trips abroad.
  7. Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, left, looks at a poster, calling for her arrest over her role in Israel's offensive against Islamic Hamas militants in Gaza last year when she served as foreign minister, given by her party member Yohanan Plesner, right, as they visit near the Israel Gaza border, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. The poster was pasted on the exterior of a hotel in Krakow, Poland where Plesner was staying last week for international Holocaust Memorial Day. Israeli leaders have drawn criticism over the fighting in Gaza aimed at stopping years of daily rocket attacks on southern Israeli towns due to the high amount of civilian casualties.
  8. RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration George Mitchell meets with Israeli Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni at her office on January 21,2010 in RAmat Gan, Israel. Mitchell is in the Middle East on his latest attempt to kick start the peace process.
  9. RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration George Mitchell meets with Israeli Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni at her office on January 21,2010 in RAmat Gan, Israel. Mitchell is in the Middle East on his latest attempt to kick start the peace process.
  10. RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration George Mitchell meets with Israeli Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni at her office on January 21,2010 in RAmat Gan, Israel. Mitchell is in the Middle East on his latest attempt to kick start the peace process.
  11. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) speaks on November 20, 2009 during the international 2009 MEDays political-economic forum in the northern city of Tangiers. Several hundred people, including Islamists, demonstrated in Tangiers on Nov. 19 against the presence of Livni at the forum.
  12. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) shakes hands with an envoy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Rafik El Hussaini, on November 20, 2009 during the international 2009 MEDays political-economic forum in the northern city of Tangiers. Several hundred people, including Islamists, demonstrated in Tangiers on Nov. 19 against the presence of Livni at the forum.
  13. Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak (L) meets Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh January 27, 2010, in this picture released by Israel's Ministry of Defence.
  14. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration George Mitchell meets with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak at the MOD on January 21,2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mitchell is in the Middle East on his latest attempt to kick start the peace process.
  15. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration George Mitchell meets with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak at the MOD on January 21,2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mitchell is in the Middle East on his latest attempt to kick start the peace process.
  16. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JANUARY 21: In this handout image supplied by the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration George Mitchell meets with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak at the MOD on January 21,2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mitchell is in the Middle East on his latest attempt to kick start the peace process.

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